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r • April 7, 1998 TOWN OF CARRBORO NORTH CAROLINA Ms. Margaret Brown, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 8181 Hillsbcrough, N.C. 27278 Dear Margaret: On behalf of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, I am writing to ask that the County Commissioners set up a task force to develop a plan for library services in Carrboro. A thorough look at the needs of library service in Carrboro has never been undertaken. It is time that such a project begin. We appreciate and are grateful for the service provided at McDougle Middle School. However, given the projected growth of the town, the already crowded conditions of the school, and the demand for more library service generally, more service needs to be provided. With no blueprint for growth, it is hard to determine what the next steps should be. We believe that along-term vision for library services would best serve the needs of the people of Carrboro. We also believe that given the county's role as providers of library service, that this study is best done under your auspices. The charge to this task force could be to report the County Commissioners within six months a vision for future library services in Carrboro. Somp questions that need to be addressed are: 1. Given Carrboro's projected population increase, what kind and how extensive should library service be here? 2. Does Carrboro need astand-alone facility? Will the library in a school be sufficient? Can the space available in the community center be utilized somehow? 4. .Given the library services already available in the area (at the University, in Chapel Hill, etc.), what types of services would best fill in the gaps and best serve the people of Carrboro? 3 301 WEST MAIN STREET. CARR80R0. NC 27510 • 19191 9428541 PAX 19191 968.7737 • TDD 19191 968-7717 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMP!.O"~R